Today’s #GoodGuysPrevail Update…

In mid-December 2023, Microsoft took drastic action against a known #cybercrime gang known as #Storm1152. Like so many criminal gangs, this group has commoditized its “offering” to facilitate other criminals in their online efforts to infiltrate and harm companies and individuals globally.

More specifically, Microsoft obtained a court order from the Southern District of New York, allowing it to seize the U.S.-based infrastructure used by the criminal outfit. Microsoft estimates that this infrastructure supported the creation of approximately 750 million fraudulent websites and accounts – enabling in turn, an untold number of ransomware, data theft, extortion, CAPTCHA-avoidance gambits – as well as other generalized scumbag behavior.

This infrastructure seizure is a major victory, as it degrades a significant attack vector faced by countless cyber defenders – the world over. Kudos to the investigative teams at Microsoft. With luck, their referral to #lawenforcement will net some arrests and convictions in the months ahead.

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